Pentagon delivers the latest projects and contractors to Iraq, the Americans have become custody of al-Maliki
Pentagon delivers the latest projects and contractors to Iraq, the Americans have become custody of al-Maliki
25.01.2014 (0:01 pm)
translation term Pentagon says that the last defense contractors left Iraq in December last year, which just weeks before the emergence of al-Qaeda and the escalation of violence in the country, and with that the number of contractors Americans has declined, but some of them still exist in Iraq and works directly for the benefit of the Iraqi government . says Navy Commander Bill Speaks, a Pentagon spokesman said the change is part of the evolving relationship with Baghdad, where they were transferred last decade of the Ministry of Defense with Iraq to the administration of Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki last December, making the number of contractors and the U.S. Department of Defense in Iraq’s non-existent . The number of these contractors were 6624 U.S. citizenship in 1626 and 2807 from other nationalities and an Iraqi in 2191. Speakes and continue saying “finished work on the last decade of the Ministry of Defense in Iraq on December 15 when the Iraqi government took over the facility in the U.S. Marine base of Umm Qasr, where the United States has built a ship repair facility for the benefit of the Iraqi army and opened in 2011.” And indicates how this change is that the U.S. military continues to secede from Iraq despite the recent wave of violence that threatens to dismantle the years the gains made in the country. Today, there are only 250 of the U.S. forces in Iraq, according to Speakes after the number was 157,800 thousand during peak sustain the momentum, was appointed almost half in the Office of Security Cooperation in Iraq to oversee the cooperation of the U.S. military with Iraqi forces, and the rest are mainly from teams Marines who work in Utilities American diplomacy. , one of the models that remain in Iraq despite the change the source of payment of their lists is the company Triple Canopy defense huge and based in Herndon, where collected enormous wealth they provide security in war zones and one of the eight companies have a contract for five years with the State Department $ 10, 8 billion dollars to provide protection services around the world. , and this company has a smaller contracts also with the Pentagon to carry out another in Iraq and the intention to continue to work there now, the company says in a statement recently that all U.S. government agencies have reduced their reliance on contractors because of budget cuts as well to reduce the scope of contracts around the world, including Iraq, and will remain the company in Iraq in the near future, it is likely that operates most of its members in commerce projects and construction. ” At the same time, still with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of nearly 5 thousand contractor to complete the paperwork at the U.S. Embassy in Baghdad and consulates in Basra and Erbil, including two thousand of Americans. Yet the absence of U.S. forces in Iraq, the force contractors remaining trading various tasks that the army was carried out. example, the DynCorp world in 2010, signed a deal for five years with the State Department worth 894 million dollars to provide private air force helicopters include service type U H. -1 and aircraft de-HC -8. company provides not only air transport, and transfer of forces but also “rapid reaction” that may be needed urgently , and medical evacuations, and road reconnaissance and escort convoys flights. plans of senior officials at the U.S. Embassy in Baghdad to continue to reduce staff and facilities with the United States to consolidate the foundations of the post-war with Iraq. and current numbers, even with the reduction, showing persistent problems to increase forces contracted separate instead of using the U.S. military, says Christopher Shays, who has served as co-chair of the Committee on the contract in time of war “when he was on military leave,” we were forced to rely more on contractors to provide security, the only constant thing is that we can not go to war without contractors, and we can not go for peace without contractors “. n about: Foreign Policy
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